isolation wards if patient has HAI, they are screened at arrival, isolated and treated
surfaces/equipment disinfected after every use
antibiotic resistance
resistance is a result of natural selection
bacteria not killed posses a selective advantage(resistance) thus can survive and reproduce
allele for antibiotic resistance passed onto offspring= resistant strain
reducing resistance
no antibiotic prescription for minor infections/viral diseases
no use of antibiotics as a preventative measure
rotate use of different antibiotics-reduce chance of bacteria developing resistance
reducing resistance
prescription of narrow spectrum antibiotics:
-active against a narroe range of bacterial infections
-any resistance genes that arise will not cause a problem if transferred to other bacterias as those are treated with different antibiotics(exchange genes via horizonal gene transfer)